Wednesday, 14/6

[fred_mouse]

Before I start on What I Managed Today (spoiler: little), I'm wondering whether a regular post for people to comment on would go somewhat towards getting a little activity in this comm? Daily might be a little challenging as a starting point, but maybe twice weekly (say, Wednesday and Saturday?) to see whether there is much response?

So - what did I declutter today. Mostly, I've been finding rubbish. I've had several deliveries in recent days, and thus there is much packaging. About half of this has gone in the bin, the rest is going to be stashed for possible further use (assuming that there is still space in the 'postal packaging' box; if not it is going in the bin).

I also dealt with one item out of the sewing pile, which doesn't get it out of the house, but at least gets it back into general usage, and out of the general class of items cluttering up my sewing room.

Comments

[fred_mouse]

Thank you! And thank you for getting to it so quickly - I can't believe that two Fridays have gone past before I've remembered to make a post.

And, wow, that is a lot of books to have sorted out and moved.

[adair]

Confession time. Those 22 boxes of books were not from my house. Here's a link from the book meme a couple of years ago - if anything there are more books. https://adair.dreamwidth.org/25566.html

There were a few of mine; my old high school French text, and some odds and ends of fantasy novels, probably not even one box total.Most of them were collected from the B2P sales, other local book sales, donations from a friend who was actually clearing her books, a few bought by me specifically at the request of librarians. They were in my garage, and that certainly counts as clutter removal, but it is not the result of deaccessioning a lot of my own books. Someday I will post some pictures of some of my bookcases, and the stacks on the back of the futon and the coffee table, and next to the bedroom reading chair.

[fred_mouse]

I very much recognise that pattern of bookshelves everywhere and teetering mounds of books, and few rooms with no books (the only books in the front hall are ones going home to their people, there are no books in the ensuite, toilet, bathroom, or laundry. There may not be books in the study, only because I repurposed those shelves for craft items). I have just declared that the to be read mound just inside the bedroom door (3 piles about a metre high, books too big to go on those stacked to the side) was Too Much, and moved all but a dozen onto the floor in a different room, which is technically uncluttering the bedroom, right?

But that collection of books that you have done sounds like a lot of work and commitment - well done on making a difference, even if few of the books came from within the existing collection.